CathodicProtectionDevice

CathodicProtectionDevice is an abstract class. Cathodic protection systems prevent corrosion in underground metal structures such as steel pipes, fittings, and valves. Metal structures corrode because stray electric current flows from the relatively “anodic” structure to “cathodic” soil. To prevent this, cathodic protection systems provide a source of current to make the metal cathodic, causing the current to flow from the source, through the soil (which acts as an electrolyte), and to the pipe thus preventing corrosion. Insulation is also used to reduce the amount of corrosion on pipes.

Cathodic protection systems consist of a source of direct current (often a rectifier), anodes, and wire. Current flows from the source through the ground bed containing anodes, through the soil to the pipe, and back to the rectifier. Electrons flow away from the ground bed to the pipe. This causes the anodes to deteriorate over time, but the pipe is protected.

CPTestPoint, CPAnode, CPRectifier, and CPBondJunction derive attributes from the CathodicProtectionDevice abstract class.

Subtypes: None

Associations: CPSystem

Model Names: None

Attributes:

Field Name

Field Type

Description

Comments

text

User or designer comments.

GasTraceWeight

long integer

Information used for tracing analysis; stored in a bitgate. To support Gas Tracing and Feeder Manager, the model name GASTRACEWEIGHT is required for every feature class belonging to ArcFM gas networks.

Hyperlink

text

Used to store a hyperlink path via standard Esri hyperlinking functionality.

InServiceDate

date

Date pipe set in service.

InstallationDate

date

Date of installation.

LocationDescription

text

Verbal description of location of device; examples include Casings, Insulated Fittings, and Foreign Pipelines.

OperatingStatus

text

Code indicating functional status of device; examples include Active, Designed, and Proposed Retire.

PropertyUnitCode

text

Value assigned to assets to track and classify Property Records.

SubType

long integer

Code indicating type of Cathodic Protection Device;examples include Anode, Rectifier, and Bond Junction.

SymbolRotation

double

Angle that dictates how the feature appears on the map.

WorkOrderID

text

Utility-defined identifier of work order.

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